Structural design of tall buildings is related with various subjects and technical fields, and has complex and cross-discipline system, which is characterized as obvious society. Major of civil engineering is the higher education aimed at training engineering talents. In order to cultivate compound talents for civil engineering, it is necessary that the engineering philosophy should be introduced into the curriculum of structural design of tall buildings. The engineering systematic view, engineering social view and engineering ethical view are integrated with the curriculum of structural design of tall buildings, so that the students can use the global and systematic mode of thinking for structural design of tall buildings, and tackle the problems for structural design of tall buildings from social aspect.